What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycomisk is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycomisk, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a sub-circular area 20 metres north-south and 14 metres east-west, bounded by a steep earthen scarp 4.0 metres wide and 1.5 metres high. A well-preserved external ditch 9.8 metres wide and 0.8 metres deep surrounds the monument, widening into a semi-circular basin at the northeast where quarrying truncated the inner scarp. A causewayed entrance 4.5 metres wide opens at the north-northeast, and the site became a National Monument in 1979.

In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope, enclosed by linear grove of trees to E and S. Sub-circular area (dims. 20m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by steep earthen scarp (Wth 4.0m; H 1.5m). NE-sector of scarp truncated by quarrying activities. External fosse (Wth 9.8m; D 0.8m) is well preserved all around monument and opens out into a semi-circular area (dims. 13m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) at NE, where the inner scarp of the monument has been truncated. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4.5m) at NNE. Designated as a National Monument (No. 581) in 1979 due to quarrying activites (OPW file). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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